Print Email Facebook Twitter The impact of self healing materials on telecommunication: Towards a concrete aircraft? Title The impact of self healing materials on telecommunication: Towards a concrete aircraft? Author Schmets, A.J.M. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Structural Engineering Date 2006-03-01 Abstract The use of a material for a specific application is governed by considerations on the expected conditions during its lifetime. For aerospace applications for instance, lightness, reliability and thermal stability ofthe material are of major importance. No material will ever possess all the desired properties at the same time. Therefore the engineer is left with optimising the materials and minimise the impact of the ever-present 'disadvantageous' properties. By introducing the potential of 'Self Healing' in a material, the lifetime and reliability could be significantly improved. Introduction of safety factors in the design could be minimised, leading to leaner structures. Making an aircraft from concrete may seem far-fetched, but isn't that not what Aerospace Engineering is all about? Jules Verne is now our reality. Subject self healing materialstelecommunication To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:0765e5b2-c913-41ab-9938-dc1c7facf1f2 Publisher Society for Aerospace Engineering Students VSV Leonardo da Vinci Source Leonardo times, 10 (1), 2006 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2006 Schmets, A.J.M. Files PDF 307232.pdf 2.86 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:0765e5b2-c913-41ab-9938-dc1c7facf1f2/datastream/OBJ/view